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Title The information revolution and the Arab world : its impact on state and society
Published Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 1998
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by British Academic Press

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 236 pages)
Contents Introduction / Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi -- The information-communications revolution and the global economy / Lester Thurow -- What makes Arabian Gulf satellite TV programs? A comparative analysis of the volume, origin, and type of program / Abdellatif Aloofy -- The contribution of public opinion research to an understanding of the information revolution and its impact in North Africa and beyond / Mark Tessler -- Mass media and the policy process / David Morgan -- Triumph of the image and its aftermath : the Gulf War as media ecology / Hamid Mowlana -- The Arab World and the information age : promises and challenges / Mustapha Masmoudi -- Telecommunications trends and policies in the United Arab Emirates and their implications for national development / Muhammad I. Ayish -- The impact of the information revolution on society and state in Jordan / Saqer Abdel-Rahim -- The age of creation and communication / Michel Saloff-Coste
Notes "The papers contained in this volume were among those presented at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) third annual conference, entitled The Impact of the Information and Communication Revolution on Society and State in the Arab World, held in Abu Dhabi, 4-7 January 1997"--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index
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Subject Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- Arab countries -- Congresses
Telecommunication -- Political aspects -- Arab countries -- Congresses
Telecommunication policy -- Arab countries -- Congresses
Information technology -- Arab countries -- Congresses
71.43 technology and society.
Information technology
Telecommunication policy
Telecommunication -- Political aspects
Telecommunication -- Social aspects
Informatiemaatschappij.
Information technology -- Arab countries.
Communication policy -- Arab countries.
Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- Arab countries.
Telecommunication -- Political aspects -- Arab countries.
Arab countries
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Markaz al-Imārāt lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Buḥūth al-Istirātījīyah.
ISBN 9789948003922
9948003926